Oh my! I got into a scrap with a mean boxer who left a scrape between my eyes that is still there two+ years later. I say it gives us character- like a badge of courage! Momma on the other hand freaks out when I am even playing bitey face with some of my more fun foster pals. It is so embarrassing because she is always yelling 'don't bite him, he is too pretty'. I am totally mortified that I am all of the sudden a pretty Momma's boy! Really though, us black doggies are so much handsomer than the average doggie that really we can have a mark or two and still be the handsomest on the block!